Le projet de recherche, dont ce rapport final synthétise les principaux points d’étude, constats et recommandations, a été réalisé et coordonné par le centre « Ongelijkheid, Armoede, Sociale Uitsluiting en de Stad » de l’Université d’Anvers en collaboration avec le « Centre...

Het onderzoeksproject waarvan de belangrijkste resultaten en aanbevelingen worden samengevat in dit finale rapport, werd gecoördineerd door het Centrum OASeS (Ongelijkheid, Armoede, Sociale Uitsluiting en de Stad) van de Universiteit Antwerpen en gerealiseerd in samenwerking met het ‘Centre...

Monetary valuation techniques are often used for evaluating the effect of a change in ecosystem services on components of human wellbeing, even though they face several drawbacks. This paper seeks to reconcile monetary valuation techniques with methods that address ecosystem-economy interactions...

In Belgium recent national and community legislation regulates emission levels of "acid pollutants" (SO2, NOx) and apply to large combustion facilities whose pollutants are transported over large distances. Complying with these legislations requires costly emission control equipment. In order to...

The STAIRRS project (2000-2002) is a follow-up of EURANO [1] and a Swiss study [2], in which the authors evaluated the efficiency of noise reduction measures in two European freight corridors. STAIRRS includes a cost-benefit analysis based on about 10,000 km of track modelled in seven countries....

The increased activity in the field of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) have led to an increase in standardization work, performed by both world-wide organizations like the IEC or the ISO, as by regional and national bodies such as CEN, CENELEC, SAE or JEVA....